Robert Knight

Reforming Editor in Victorian India

Edwin Hirschmann

A history of two major newspapers (The Times of India & The Statesman)

First biography of a pioneering editor

Interdisciplinary study

Robert Knight

Reforming Editor in Victorian India

Edwin Hirschmann

Description

This volume is a historical biography of Robert Knight--a pioneering editor and the founder of The Times of India in Bombay and The Statesman in Calcutta--and covers his entire life from 1825-90. It outlines the history of two major newspapers of the present era. Robert Knight was one of the ardent critics of colonial rule in India during the late nineteenth century. In this volume Hirschmann elaborates on the connections of the world of newsprint with the colonial establishment and Indian people. He also provides a fresh approach to the Orientalism debate by deploying the narrative of an Englishman, involved in the age of emerging public communication system.

Robert Knight

Reforming Editor in Victorian India

Edwin Hirschmann

Table of Contents

Preface List of Abbreviations About Sources Introduction Chapter 1. The Making of a Reformer, 1825-56 Chapter 2. The Making of an Editor, 1857-63 Chapter 3. The Making of a Dissident, 1864-72 Chapter 4. The Making of an Imperial Critic, 1875-81 Chapter 5. The Making of a Statesman Elder, 1881-90; Epilogue: A Prophet without Honour? Bibliography Index